Jackie's Wild Seattle

Name: Jackie's Wild Seattle
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Will Hobbs
ISBN: 9781440756320

Author: Will Hobbs

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/11/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother Cody have the time of their lives when they spend the summer rescuing animals for a little-known wildlife shelter, Jackie's Wild Seattle. Their parents away in Pakistan, Shannon and Cody are left with their Uncle Neal. What transpires when this odd team sets off to save beasts of many furs and feathers is an often hilarious tale of healing and growth that will capture listeners' hearts. Will Hobbs is an ALA award-winning author of young adult fiction. His many celebrated novels include Beardance.

About Will Hobbs

Will Hobbs is the author of many outdoor adventure novels for upper elementary, middle school, and young adult readers, as well as a few picture book stories. Several of his novels have been named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and Ghost Canoe, his first mystery, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. The ALA’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Century includes two of Will’s titles: Far North and Downriver. A graduate of Stanford University and a former reading and language arts teacher, he lives with his wife in Durango, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shelli on August 28, 2017

If you have readers that like Pax, Where the Red Fern Grows, etc... I think they will like this book. It is about a wildlife rescue with some secondary story lines. Cody and Shannon's parents leave for the summer to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan to help with the Doctors Without Borders program. (On......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on August 31, 2008

This was a really good animal rescue book. Very interesting and adventurous!......more

Goodreads review by Michele on August 16, 2022

For purposes of full disclosure, I am an adult, a retired English teacher, and I much preferred reading the REAL story of Sarvey Wildlife Center, volunteer Jeff Guidry (the "Neal" character), and his eagle Freedom ("Liberty"). Some of the circumstances of Hobbs' book are over-reaching: BOTH of the k......more

Goodreads review by Chris on August 13, 2019

Another great read by Will Hobbs. Shannon and Cory have come from New Jersey to spend the summer in Seattle with their Uncle Neal. Things are different from what Shannon recalls of her uncle. He now drives an ambulance for a wildlife rescue center called Jackie's Wild Seattle. The kids go out with him......more

Goodreads review by Gregrey on July 29, 2021

i liked the storyline, didn’t get boring.......more